Several banks and other financial institutions are alleging the Broomfield-based Noodles & Company failed to take steps to prevent a massive data breach earlier this year. A class-action federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the fast-casual chain relating to the breach. Noodles officials warned customers in May that their credit card processor reported unusual activity …
Per Bloomberg news, Facebook Inc. (FB – Analyst Report) has crushed a bid for a class action lawsuit that accused the social media company of “automatically and surreptitiously” giving advertisers access to personal information of its users. Users claimed that Facebook gave away details like usage of website to advertisers when they clicked on the ads, undermining Facebook’s own “explicit …
Reports of data breaches have become commonplace, prompting U.S. courts to raise the bar on associated class action lawsuits. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in early August declined to grant standing to a class action filed in the wake of a data breach at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. Hackers compromised health insurer CareFirst’s IT …
A federal appeals court in California on Monday dismissed a U.S. government lawsuit that accused AT&T of deception for reducing internet speeds for customers with unlimited mobile data plans once their use exceeded certain levels. The company, however, could still face a fine from the Federal Communications Commission regarding the slowdowns, also called “data throttling.” The U.S. …
A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit by federal officials that claimed AT&T misled millions of smartphone customers with unlimited data plans who had their Internet speeds cut. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday that AT&T was exempt from the prohibition against unfair and deceptive practices that the Federal …
Fitbit is facing a class-action lawsuit regarding the accuracy of their heart-rate data, which have been shown to be inaccurate by a margin of up to 20 beats per minute by researchers at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. This news risks sending back to the drawing board many of us who have been optimistically experimenting with biotelemetry. We’ve been asked about the lawsuit nearly …
A Glendale doctor has filed a class-action lawsuit against Banner Health after a cyberattack compromised the personal information of about 3.7 million patients, employees, cafeteria customers and others. Phoenix-based law …
The class-action lawsuit filed against Wendy’s over a data breach at more than 1,000 restaurants has attracted a crowd. More than 20 credit unions across the country, from Alaska to Florida, and a handful of credit union associations, including the Credit Union National Association, have joined as parties to the suit filed in Federal Court earlier this year by First Choice Federal Credit Union …
Advocate Health Care will pay $5.55 million to settle allegations it violated federal patient privacy law — the largest such settlement paid by a single entity. The settlement with the federal government follows an investigation that began in 2013 when Advocate reported three separate data breaches involving its physician-led medical group subsidiary, Advocate Medical Group. The breaches …
Hundreds of Mille Lacs County, Minn. residents went to bed on July 1 with a million reasons to feel a little better. On that day, a settlement was announced between residents and Mille Lacs County and Mikki Jo Peterick, a former child support investigator for the Mille Lacs County Department of Family Services, in a case that involved Peterick’s unauthorized …